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The environmental footprint that we leave behind when we develop our beauty habits is costly to the environment. Chemicals used in self-care and beauty products add to the burden that the environment is already struggling with. Switching from regular lipstick to organic lip gloss does not slow down global warming in a significant way, but every little change that you do counts. Keeping the skin healthy and glwoing through the years might not seem directly connected to saving the planet, but it is.

There was a time then people thought that beauty was equivalent to keeping up with the latest and most expensive cosmetic products out on the market. Lately, this image is changing. Beauty and health go hand in hand and more and more people are learning that over the fact of buying the most expensive and most chemical laden products. And the more people start to change the stronger the health of one’s face and body.

Here are some organic beauty and planet helpers that will help you make that change to help the earth glow, as well as your face:

* I have said it in many posts and it still stands true, reduce your environmental footprint and greatly improve your health by choosing local organic food as often as possible. Use fresh, organic fruit masks to make your skin glow. Your new beauty mantra should be “inside and out.” So just remember, whatever you put on your skin your body ingests. So if you wouldn’t eat mineral oil or dyes, why put them on your skin?

* Recycle as much as you can, including your beauty products containers. In fact, it it’s not reusable and/or recyclable, pass on the products no matter how spectacular the results. Beauty without guilt involved is a priceless state of mind.

* Install a water filtration system and use stainless steel containers to carry your much needed water around. Use plastic bottles only if forced too. Recycling plastic bottles is only partially alleviating a serious environmental issue.

**Vote for Sally Anderson over at Living Without Meat for Project Blog. Read the rest of the story and how you can cast your vote for her here.**

*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Victoria’s Secert Pink line is now going organic. So the next time you go to purchase under-roos opt for the more sustainable Pink Line from VS.


Posted in Clean Water, Impact On The World, Polyethylene, Recycling, Saving The Earth, Sustainable, Whole Living on December 18th, 2007

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